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AI CEOs call for industry slowdown

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are joining calls for a slowdown amid fears the AI industry is racing toward building technology that humans can't control.

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World leaders gathered for the annual BRICS summit. Here are the takeaways

India hosted the an annual summit which gathered leaders from 28 countries, including the presidents of China and Iran. Though, the U.S. was notably absent.

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Why Somali pirate attacks are ramping up again

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Federico Varese, a professor at Sciences Po who studies Somalia's maritime criminal gangs, about why attacks on ships off Somalia's coast are on the rise again.

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Can Gulf states and Iran negotiate the Strait of Hormuz without the U.S.?

Dania Thafer of the Gulf International Forum weighs in on previously scheduled talks between Iran and Gulf states. Shortly before this interview aired, Oman announced that the talks were postponed.

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Why movies set in D.C. rarely steer clear from politics and power

Washington, D.C., shows up often on the big screen, but rarely in films that aren't about its political power.

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Palestinian author's secret effort to preserve his works about life under occupation

Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh has secretly sent his archives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Scotland, worried they could be destroyed in an Israeli military raid.

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Masego digs deep in new album 'Fix Your Face'

Singer Masego's latest album, 'Fix Your Face,' is his first release since losing his home in 2025 due to a wildfire.

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Trump's visit to Ireland for the Irish Open tees off with diplomatic controversy

President Trump heads to his golf club in Doonbeg while working in some Irish diplomacy.

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Ringing in the Jewish new year with a twist on a Rosh Hashanah classic

Pati Jinich is a renowned chef and cookbook author. She was born in Mexico to a Jewish family, and her marzipan-stuffed challah bread blends her cultures in an exciting and delicious way.

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How China tried to control the narrative on the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet

Reporting over so-called "the Great Firewall," a journalist details how to report for a global audience from Beijing despite tight obstacles imposed by the government.

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